Institute for Legal, Legislative and Educational Action
This legislation primarily deals with confined individuals and providing weapons or implements of escape to those confined individuals. In numerous cases the punishment for providing these items to confined individuals is being increased into the felony range.
Sponsor-Representative Dom Costa
Title: In authorized disposition of offenders, further providing for fines; in obstructing governmental operations, further providing for the offenses of weapons or implements for escape and contraband; and making a conforming amendment.
Subject:
Description: An Act amending Title 18 (Crimes and Offenses) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in authorized disposition of offenders, further providing for fines; in obstructing governmental operations, further providing for the offenses of weapons or implements for escape and contraband; and making a conforming amendment.
Session: 2015-2016 Regular Session
Last Action: Referred to JUDICIARY
Last Action Date: January 21, 2015
Link: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/billinfo/bill_history.cfm?syear=2015&sind=0&body=H&type=B&bn=119
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18 sponsors: Dominic Costa; Nickolas Kotik; Anthony DeLuca; Robert Matzie; David Millard; Gary Day; Curtis Thomas; Daniel Deasy; Thomas Caltagirone; Patrick Harkins; Mark Cohen; Thomas Murt; Neal Goodman; Harry Readshaw; Timothy Mahoney; Mark Gillen; Mark Rozzi; Dan Moul
Chamber | Date | Action |
House | Jan 21, 2015 | Referred to JUDICIARY |
Type | Date | State Link | Text |
Introduced | not available | state bill text | bill text |
There have not been any votes on this bill